05 July 2014

VIDEO: Did "Jihadist" Use Grindr or Jack'd to Target and Kill 2 Gay Men?

The suspect in a Seattle double homicide may have lured the gay men he allegedly killed through a M4M mobile "hookup" app such as Jack'd or Grindr, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Thirty-year-old Ali Muhammad Brown has been charged with two counts of aggravated first-degree murder in connection with the June 1 deaths of 27-year-old Ahmed Said and 23-year-old Dwone Anderson-Young, reports The Seattle Times.

Police said Anderson-Young and Said were hanging out at RPlace, a gay Capitol Hill nightclub, on May 31 and met up with a man identified as a friend of Said’s outside the club. One of Anderson-Young’s friends, who saw the stranger, told police that he was “creeped out” by Said’s friend and declined Said’s offer of a ride home, police wrote in charging documents.

Another friend of Anderson-Young said Said “continually talked about meeting someone outside the club later.” The friend told police that at the club that night, Said appeared to be texting over Jack’d or Grindr, two gay social networking sites, charges said.

After taking a look at the stranger, that friend also declined Said’s offer for a ride home, charges said. Police say Brown, Said and Anderson-Young drove to Anderson-Young’s house, where Brown pulled a gun and killed the two men then drove off in Said’s car. It was later found abandoned in South Seattle. Police said they linked Brown to the slayings after finding his fingerprints and three spent 9mm shell casings inside Said’s car.

Police and prosecutors have not offered a motive for the killings but a disturbing new theory has emerged in recent days. Brown allegedly "underwent [Islamic] jihadist training in California in April and they believe the two men were attacked simply because [of] their sexual orientation," reports Seattle's FOX 13.

There is a nationwide manhunt for the suspect. Brown is a native of East Orange, New Jersey and is wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a coffee shop last Sunday, reports the New York Daily News. "Brown is also wanted for failing to register as a sex offender. An Ocean County judge issued a $500,000 arrest warrant for Brown."

Be careful out there, boys. Everything that looks good may not be good for you. Watch KIRO-TV's and FOX 13's reports AFTER THE JUMP ...

Comments

Every time I read stories like this it breaks may heart. Years ago me and some of my friends had a system to call each other or let each other know when we were with the trade ... but everything has changed so much nowadays with online and mobile dating. My prayers to the families.

In my opinion gay men need to learn and accept what women have for a long time...MEN CAN BE DANGEROUS...just because you are on a gay website (or gay bar or cruising spot) it does not down play the dangers...

There are many mentally unstable and physically violent gay and/or straight men online (however they can be anywhere but with the internet people are more inclined to hide)...also we have become an easy target for those men who are willing to put up a false ad in order to rob and/or hurt the person...these criminals know and/or feel that we are disposal in the eyes of the cops and sometimes our families and sadly sometimes sometimes ourselves..

Furthermore people used to say you don't go home with someone you just met. The Internet equivalent of that is you don't meet someone the same day you started talking to them. Someone who is looking to commit crime is unlikely to want to carry on a conversation with you for a week or 2.

I hate to say this but the easy hook up is a thing of the past for me. No sex on the first date and I want to meet his friends before I do anything. It's not worth hooking up with some random stranger. I got drugged once when I was younger and that straightened me out. Nicest guy I thought until I kept crashing and waking up I couldn't move and I still have no idea what he did when I was passed out. Let those pigs know we ain't so easy.

Furthermore people used to say you don't go home with someone you just met. The Internet equivalent of that is you don't meet someone the same day you started talking to them. Someone who is looking to commit crime is unlikely to want to carry on a conversation with you for a week or 2.

Sometimes it in your BEST interest to slow down your "anonymous interactions" for your own personal safety and well being...the world is changing way too fast...also these apps are allowing violent and/or mentally unstable people to know exactly where you are at any given time and that is making things for too easy...I mean we as a gay community and even the larger community have placed FAR too much information in the hands of a greater society that we should not trust...

WOW! this is sad and scary on so many levels! i hope and pray they catch this SOB! God bless the vicitims & their families, as other posters have said, be careful, this online dating/chatting scared me when they want to meet, i had the chance but my instincts told me NO, better safe than sorry, be safe guys!!